...cast your minds back to April this year - the week I undertook what I described as the most intense period of study I had ever undertaken when attending the five day intensive Wine Society Education Trust Level 3 Wine and Spirits course. You know the one...where by day five the brain power to remember all I could about sparkling and fortified wines meant that I kind of forgot where France was let alone Burgundy, Côte d'Or, Côte de Beaune or Cote de Nuits.
Well the results are in and I'm delighted to say I passed with merit!! And as if I worry people won't believe me (especially given some of the shonky wine choices in the last couple of months in a bid to try new things), here is the photo to prove it...
So what does that mean? Well who knows but maybe one of these days I'll find a great opportunity to apply my new found knowledge to a great role in the wine industry where I can learn so much more and work at something I'm passionate about.
To celebrate I...
...am en route to HANG OUT AT Cafe Gandolfi's annual wine list tasting - purely to make professional contacts and apply my learning a in a practical rather than theoretical way (wink wink)...
...DINED ON (first this week)...Tuscan Sausage stew (courtesy of Mrs Potters repertoire)...
...WINED ON...two of the great wines from my favourite team at Corney and Barrow (even if neither of them were there)...Delamotte Champagne (one of the nicest, creamiest, flavoursome I've come across) and a beautiful Tuscan Campo di Sasso Bibbona Insoglio del Cinghiale 2011....blackcurrants, leafiness, pepper and vanilla all the way - the perfect match to Mrs P's stew.
Goal for tonight...try, don't get carried away, wake up full of the joys of summer tomorrow. Chances?? Will let you know next week.
G xx
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